The bubonic plague in Europe from 1334 to 1354, the small pox epidemic in 1707 that devastated the populations of Mexico and the West Indies, and today's worldwide AIDS epidemic are alike to the extent that all are .
a. sexually transmitted diseases
b. forms of "positive checks" on population growth
c. types of "preventative checks" of population growth
d. diseases associated primarily with sexual and/or racial minorities
Answer: b. forms of "positive checks" on population growth
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A. Social Security programs B. experiencing retirement C. declining physical ability D. both experiencing retirement AND declining physical ability.
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a. neuroplasticity b. crystalized intelligence c. neuro-crystallization d. fluid intelligence
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A. power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers. B. the exercise of power through a process of persuasion. C. power made legitimate by law. D. legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.
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A. the diabolical-enemy image B. military overconfidence C. the moral self-image D. selective inattention